"she founded a film production company in late 1954; she named it Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). She dedicated 1955 to building her company and began studying method acting at the Actors Studio. In late 1955, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in ""Bus Stop"" (1956) and the first independent production of MMP, ""The Prince and the Showgirl"" (1957). Monroe won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed"
"and his henchmen exacting revenge on ""Toothpick"" and his own gang (inspired by the real-life Saint Valentine's Day Massacre). Broke, and desperate to get out of town, Joe and Jerry disguise themselves as women named Josephine and Daphne, so they can join Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee) and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band headed to Miami. They board a train with the band and its male manager, Bienstock (Dave Barry). Joe and Jerry notice Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band's vocalist and ukulele player. Joe and Jerry become enamored of Sugar and compete for her affection while maintaining their disguises."
"Marilyn Monroe Christopher Plummer – ""Beginners"" as Hal Fields Carey Mulligan – ""Shame"" as Sissy Sullivan Carnage Jessica Chastain – ""The Help"", ""Take Shelter"" and ""The Tree of Life"" as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien ""Moneyball"" – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Tabloid Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Robert De Niro – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Sr. ""'Anne Hathaway – ""Les Misérables"" as Fantine Lincoln Zoe Kazan – ""Ruby Sparks"" Silver Linings Playbook"" –"
"Marilyn (1963 film) Marilyn is a 1963 documentary film based on the life of the 1950s actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. The film, directed by Harold Medford, was released by 20th Century Fox, and was narrated by Rock Hudson. Marilyn Monroe rose to fame with the 1953 film noir ""Niagara"", released by 20th Century Fox. Monroe had signed with Fox ""originally"" in 1947, and played bit parts in a few films, starring actors like Betty Grable, June Haver, Cary Grant, Peggy Cummins, and Jeanne Crain. When released from Fox, Monroe found work as yet again a bit player in"
"Raffaele Paganini. Casale's performance received positive reviews and she was awarded the ""Bob Fosse"" Prize for best debuting actress. In 1996 Casale released her 7th album, ""Nella notte un volo"", written and produced by Casale herself and Andrea Zuppini. It was followed by a promotional tour with 50 performances. After the ""Jacques Brel in me"" album (1999), in 1999 she returned to theatre, playing Marilyn Monroe's character Sugar in homonymous movie) alongside Alessandro Gassman and Gianmarco Tognazzi. In 2000 she continued to alternate music and theatre, releasing the album ""Strani frutti"", and playing Audrey in a production of ""Little Shop"
"Quentin Tarantino – ""Django Unchained"" Tony Kushner – ""Lincoln"" Wreck-It Ralph Skyfall Daniel Craig – ""Skyfall"" as James Bond Jennifer Lawrence – ""The Hunger Games"" as Katniss Everdeen Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Looper ""Amour"" • Austria / France / Germany Searching for Sugar Man Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer) and Katie Spencer (Set Decorator) – ""Anna Karenina"" Claudio Miranda – ""Life of Pi"" Jacqueline Durran – ""Anna Karenina"" William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor – ""Zero Dark Thirty"" Cloud Atlas John Williams –"
"part of Sugar in fact, Wilder said, ""Mitzi Gaynor was who we had in mind. The word came that Marilyn wanted the part and then we ""had"" to have Marilyn."" Wilder and Monroe had already made the film ""The Seven Year Itch"" together in 1955. The film was made in California during the summer and autumn of 1958. Many scenes were shot at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego which appeared as the ""Seminole Ritz Hotel"" in Miami in the film. The Hotel in San Diego fitted into the era of the 1920s and was near Hollywood, so Wilder"
"Netflix's original series ""Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"". Kane also appeared in ""The Last Detail"" (1973), ""Annie Hall"" (1977), ""The World's Greatest Lover"" (1977), ""Norman Loves Rose"" (1982), ""Dog Day Afternoon"" (1975), ""Transylvania 6-5000"" (1985), ""The Princess Bride"" (1987), ""Flashback"" (1989) with Dennis Hopper, and ""Scrooged"" (1988), in which ""Variety"" called her ""unquestionably [the] pic's comic highlight."" In 1998, she played Mother Duck on the cartoon movie ""The First Snow of Winter"". In 1999 she made a cameo on the movie ""Man On The Moon"" as her character she played on ""Taxi"". Kane was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress"
"chose it although it was not in Florida. There were many problems with Marilyn Monroe, who lacked concentration and suffered from an addiction to pills. She could not memorize many of her lines and required 47 takes to get ""It's me, Sugar"" correct, instead saying either ""Sugar, it's me"" or ""It's Sugar, me"". Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon made bets during the filming on how many takes Marilyn would need to get it right. Paradoxically, three days for shooting were scheduled for the scene with Shell Jr. and Sugar at the beach and although Marilyn had plenty of complicated lines,"
"to reveal his true gender to his over-amorous paramour, Jerry is beginning to enjoy all the expensive gifts bestowed upon him on a regular basis. Total chaos erupts when Spats and his gang descend upon the hotel and realize who Josephine and Daphne really are. Produced by David Merrick and directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, ""Sugar"" opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on April 9, 1972 after 14 previews and closed on June 23, 1973 after 505 performances. The opening night cast included Robert Morse as Jerry/Daphne, Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine, Elaine Joyce as Sugar Kane, Cyril Ritchard"
"Carol Kane Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s in films such as ""Hester Street"" (for which she received an Oscar nomination) and ""Annie Hall"". She appeared on the television series ""Taxi"" in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical ""Wicked"", both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014. Since 2015, she has been a main cast member"
"Sugar Cookies (film) Sugar Cookies (also known as Love Me My Way) is a 1973 soft-core crime film erotica directed by Theodore Gershuny. It was co-written by future president of Troma Entertainment Lloyd Kaufman and produced by future director Oliver Stone. When an attractive young model (Lynn Lowry) is tricked into committing suicide on camera by her pornographer boyfriend, her lesbian partner (Mary Woronov) has a vengeful plan: with the help of an exact lookalike of her lover, she hatches a scheme to take down the sleazy drug dealer for good. Kaufman wrote the film in 1973 and, along with"
"Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comic ""blonde bombshell"" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962 (equivalent to $ billion in ). More than half a century later, she continues to be a major popular culture icon. Born and raised in Los"
"Marilyn: The Untold Story Marilyn: The Untold Story is a 1980 television film, about the life of the 1950s sex symbol-movie star, Marilyn Monroe. The feature stars Catherine Hicks as Monroe; Richard Basehart as her early-career agent Johnny Hyde; Frank Converse as her second husband Joe DiMaggio; Jason Miller as her third husband Arthur Miller; Kevin Geer as her first husband James Dougherty; Viveca Lindfors as her acting coach Natasha Lytess; and Sheree North as her mother Gladys Baker. The movie premiered in late-1980, and was greeted with positive reviews. Catherine Hicks was praised by the critics for her portrayal"
"because, in her opinion, ""there's really only one Baker brother and he's it."" The way Susie teases Frank is reminiscent of how Jack used to treat him several years before she joined the band when he had energy to do it. Susie's ballads occupy roughly one-third of the film, performing a combination of both contemporary and classic standards. Rosenberg compared the character to actress Marilyn Monroe's character Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in the film ""Some Like it Hot"" (1959). Susie's lack of singing experience is balanced by an ""ineffable vocal quality that causes people to listen, because they might be missing"
"Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen, and re-titled the film to ""Move Over, Darling"". To date, ""Marilyn"" has not been released on either DVD or VHS. Marilyn (1963 film) Marilyn is a 1963 documentary film based on the life of the 1950s actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. The film, directed by Harold Medford, was released by 20th Century Fox, and was narrated by Rock Hudson. Marilyn Monroe rose to fame with the 1953 film noir ""Niagara"", released by 20th Century Fox. Monroe had signed with Fox ""originally"" in 1947, and played bit parts in a few films, starring actors"
"a film of the same name in 1953, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The popular songs ""Bye Bye Baby"" and ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"" were introduced in this musical. In the 1920s, Lorelei Lee, a blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, and her friend Dorothy Shaw board the ocean liner ""Ile de France"", to embark for France (""It's High Time""). Lorelei and her boyfriend (who is her ""sugar daddy""), Gus Esmond, are parting for a while (""Bye, Bye Baby""); Gus is going to Little Rock, and Dorothy is Lorelei's chaperone. On the ship, Lorelei has many admirers, including"
"Candy (1968 film) Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, from a screenplay by Buck Henry. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin. It stars Marlon Brando, Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, James Coburn, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, John Huston, John Astin, Charles Aznavour, Elsa Martinelli and Enrico Maria Salerno. Popular figures such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Anita Pallenberg, Florinda Bolkan, Marilù Tolo, Nicoletta Machiavelli and Umberto Orsini also appear in cameo roles. High school student"
"of Monroe, as were others including Richard Basehart, Frank Converse, Sheree North and Jason Miller, playing fellow playwright Arthur Miller. The movie begins with a young Marilyn (then Norma Jeane), as an orphan in California. The feature progresses with the young girl growing up and superstar dreams fill her head, and she eventually marries, starts modelling, divorces, signs a contract with 20th Century Fox, and changes her moniker to Marilyn Monroe. The movie also takes a view of her personal life; with her husbands, baseball-star Joe DiMaggio, and with playwright Arthur Miller. As with her personal life, the movie shows"
"giving her screen tests in 1928. ""When I took my screen tests I was continually conscious of the fact that I was in front of a movie camera and had to act. I was scared to death and couldn't do a thing. I tried my best to be natural but failed terribly."" Marjorie Kane Marjorie Kane (April 28, 1909 – January 8, 1992) was an American film and stage actress born in Chicago. She appeared in 68 films between 1929 and 1951, occasionally under the name Babe Kane. She appeared on stage for 11 years before she was signed to"
"Marjorie Kane Marjorie Kane (April 28, 1909 – January 8, 1992) was an American film and stage actress born in Chicago. She appeared in 68 films between 1929 and 1951, occasionally under the name Babe Kane. She appeared on stage for 11 years before she was signed to a 5-year contract with Mack Sennett in 1929. Her contract was validated by Los Angeles superior Judge Keech due to her being under the legal signing age (she was 20 years old at the time). Her long run in the play ""Good News"" garnered her favorable reviews and interested two studios in"
"appeared in guest roles on numerous television series, including ""ER"", ""Cold Case"", ""Las Vegas"", ""NCIS"", ""Charmed"", ""Eli Stone"" and had recurring roles on ""Pacific Palisades"" and ""Silk Stalkings"". She played Marilyn Monroe in the HBO film ""The Rat Pack"" (1998) and has appeared in many films such as ""Hired to Kill"" (1990), ""Under Lock and Key"" (1995), ""Forest Warrior"" (1996), ""Foxfire"" (1996), ""Breast Men"" (1997), ""The Drone Virus"" (2004), ""Chasing Ghosts"" (2005), ""Redline"" (2007), ""Summer's Blood"" (2009), ""A Perfect Ending"" (2012) and ""Suburban Gothic"" (2014). She has also appeared in a number of Lifetime movies - ""Stranger in My Bed"""
"in the role. Marilyn Monroe performances and awards Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American actress who appeared in 29 films between 1946 and 1961. After a brief career in modeling she signed short-term film contracts, first with 20th Century Fox, then Columbia Pictures, and appeared in minor roles for the first few years of her career. In 1950, she made minor appearances in two critically acclaimed films, ""The Asphalt Jungle"" and ""All About Eve"". The parts in the two films were against many of the roles into which she was typecast, that of the dumb blonde. Margot A. Henriksen, her"
"Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American black and white romantic comedy film set in 1929, directed and produced by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The supporting cast includes George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, and Nehemiah Persoff. The screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the French film ""Fanfare of Love"". The film is about two musicians who dress in drag in order to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed commit a crime"
"York City.) She performed in his ""The Mercury Theatre on the Air"" radio adaptations, and had a regular role opposite Welles in the serial ""The Shadow"" as Margo Lane. In 1939, Welles moved the Mercury Theatre to Hollywood, where he started working for RKO Pictures. Several of his radio performers joined him, and Moorehead made her film debut as the mother of his own character, Charles Foster Kane, in ""Citizen Kane"" (1941), considered by most film critics as one of the best films ever made. Moorehead was featured in Welles' second film, ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" (1942), and received the New"
"Bogdanovich has noted that the scenes with Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe work especially well and laments that Monroe was not the leading lady instead of Ginger Rogers. However, Gregory Lamb of ""The Christian Science Monitor"" described Rogers as ""a comedienne par excellence"" in the film. Monkey Business (1952 film) Monkey Business is a 1952 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, written by Ben Hecht, and starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe. To avoid confusion with the 1931 Marx Brothers film of the same name, this film is sometimes referred to as Howard Hawks'"
"My Week with Marilyn My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Adrian Hodges. It stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, and Judi Dench. Based on two books by Colin Clark, it depicts the making of the 1957 film ""The Prince and the Showgirl"", which starred Marilyn Monroe (Williams) and Laurence Olivier (Branagh). The film focuses on the week during the shooting of the 1957 film when Monroe was escorted around London by Clark (Redmayne), after her husband Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott) had returned to"
"Marilyn Monroe and Ginger Rogers. Grant plays a scientist (reminiscent of his character in ""Bringing up Baby"") who creates a formula that increases his vitality. Film critic John Belton called the film Hawks' ""most organic comedy."" Hawks' third film of 1952 was a contribution to the omnibus film ""O. Henry's Full House"", which includes short stories by the writer O. Henry made by various directors. Hawks' short film ""The Ransom of Red Chief"" starred Fred Allen, Oscar Levant and Jeanne Crain. In 1953, Hawks made ""Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"", which featured Marilyn Monroe famously singing ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."""
"behavior was adversely affecting her career. For example, although she was author Truman Capote's preferred choice to play Holly Golightly in the film adaptation of ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", Paramount Pictures declined to cast her due to fear that she would complicate the film's production. The two films Monroe completed in the 1960s, ""Let's Make Love"" (1960) and ""The Misfits"" (1961), were both critical and commercial failures. During the filming of the latter she had had to spend a week detoxing in a hospital. Her third marriage, to author Arthur Miller, also ended in divorce in January 1961. Instead of working,"
"the whole scene between Shell Jr. and Sugar was completely finished in only 20 minutes. Monroe's acting coach Paula Strasberg and Monroe's husband Arthur Miller both tried to influence the production, which Wilder and other crew members found annoying. Billy Wilder said in 1959 about filming another movie with Marilyn Monroe: ""I have discussed this with my doctor and my psychiatrist and they tell me I'm too old and too rich to go through this again."" But Wilder also admitted: ""My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt"
"""American National Biography"", considers the typecast ""an unfair stereotype that bothered her throughout her career"". Her major breakthrough came in 1953, when she starred in three pictures: the film noir ""Niagara"", and the comedies ""Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"" and ""How to Marry a Millionaire"". Sarah Churchwell, Monroe's biographer, notes that ""unconscious, rather than conscious, sexuality would become the Marilyn hallmark after 1953"", and the actress became one of the most popular and recognizable people in America. In 1955 Monroe appeared in the Billy Wilder–directed comedy ""The Seven Year Itch"", in which she becomes the object of her married neighbor's sexual fantasies."
"and in more than eighty films, including some that became classics, such as ""Dead End"" (1937), ""Dark Command"" (1940), ""The Shepherd of the Hills"" (1941), ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944), and ""Friendly Persuasion"" (1956), but is best known for her Ma Kettle role in the Ma and Pa Kettle film series. The ""cornball humor"" of the Kettle films endured in subsequent television shows, such as ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" and ""Green Acres"" series of the 1960s. Marjorie Main Marjorie Main is the stage name of Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), was an American character actress and"
"Marilyn Monroe performances and awards Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American actress who appeared in 29 films between 1946 and 1961. After a brief career in modeling she signed short-term film contracts, first with 20th Century Fox, then Columbia Pictures, and appeared in minor roles for the first few years of her career. In 1950, she made minor appearances in two critically acclaimed films, ""The Asphalt Jungle"" and ""All About Eve"". The parts in the two films were against many of the roles into which she was typecast, that of the dumb blonde. Margot A. Henriksen, her biographer with the"